In 2014, 70 percent of the 86 facilities reporting said that tobacco is not used on their properties – a big shift from 2010 when only 15 percent had indicated so. The big jump in addictions and mental health facilities going tobacco-free shows “quite a

A few proposals being kicked around could drive that rate up further. Oregon HB 2456 would add an additional 10 cents per pack, and HB 2870 would remove the prohibition of taxes by Oregon counties on tobacco products, according to data supplied by Gasper

cigarettes get into your DNA. We can exile them, ban them, tax them and frown at them, but it will take a few more decades to escape their emotional hold. And it will be a long time before I can walk past a smoker downtown without breathing in, breathing

Gov. John Kitzhaber will sign Senate Bill 444, which expands the state’s smoke-free zones to include private automobiles that carry children. Police will only be able to cite motorists who allegedly violate another traffic law.

Greenlick is vacationing in New York, his legislative assistant, Autumn Shreve, informed us yesterday, and was unavailable to discuss his anti-smoking measure, which the Oregon Legislature may or may not address when its session convenes Feb. 4.

Snus performed similarly to nicotine gum in cigarette smokers who were interested in completely switching to these products, but was associated with less satisfaction and greater toxicant exposure than nicotine gum.

Keeping addictive substances known to be hazardous out of the hands of minors is common sense. But lawmakers should refrain from banning the use of a legal product they can't say is harmful to anyone other than the user until all the facts are in. Otherw

they should do what – sadly – counts these days as the weird thing: Challenge the conventional wisdom by asking how, exactly, tobacco users harm others in parks and on golf courses. If the best argument ban proponents can produce is that smokers look cool